Bonds’ trainer leaves courthouse without comment

SAN FRANCISCO – Barry Bonds’ personal trainer left federal court with his legal team Thursday after shuttling between secret grand jury hearings and closed-door appearances before a judge.

Greg Anderson was ordered to testify before a federal grand jury investigating Bonds for perjury and tax evasion. His attorneys said that he wouldn’t testify and would fight the subpoena and go to prison if necessary.

His two appearances before U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White, who barred the public from entering, suggested that Anderson followed through on his vow of silence, and that White postponed his imprisonment pending a legal fight.

Leading to Thursday, Anderson’s defense team was saying the trainer had no intention of testifying in the case against the San Francisco Giants’ slugger and was prepared for his third prison stay in less than a year.

Anderson declined to comment as he entered the grand jury room just before 9 a.m. with attorney Matthew Geragos. The two again declined comment when they emerged about 90 minutes later and entered a nearby courtroom for the first closed-door hearing before White.

Anderson returned to the grand jury room around 2 p.m., and minutes later was back in White’s courtroom for another sealed hearing. He later left without commenting to about a dozen reporters outside.